The Penn's Grove record., 1887-11-19

othhS oNCA II AOon tl0Al AIOhuSs
and more particularly on that portion
of the neck immediately below the
organ of philoprogcnitiveness lest the
sun should smIte them In his wrath"
To guard against the dangerous IN
flueDce Of the u man has sought eut
many inventions. Carriages have doh,
BILE roofs; hats are built Of plth and are
ventilated by q cunning cupola In
miniature ingeuiously implanted in the
crown; parasols are gigantic wooden
mtishrooms, and garments are of any
substance that can possible be obtained,
which, in weight and fiber, does not
exceed gossamer. The walls OF the
houses are about three feet thick, We
randaed and terraced round. The rooms
are halls worthy of containing the
common council of any small American
mining town. They are matted and
not carpeted, unless In some houses
where appearances are more studied
than comfort. The glass windows have
each outer mi Of wood, similar to the
Venitian ones 80 prevalent in Calfor-
MIA houses. These are closely shut
fourteen hours OF the twenty-four.
Huge squares Of matted straw are
placed before such openings as cannot
be closed, and it is the duty Of a serv-
ant to sprinkle them with the coolest
water 0btainable ten times an hour.
The motive is obvious. The hot
wind passing through the damp cusca
is cooled almost to a welcome point,
and from a sc0urage transferred by q
simple device into a refreshment. We
live In the breath Of the punka, for all
day and night q servant stands by to
fan us. IT he halts for one second a
glow Of feverlsh heat steals over us,
and the punka wallan submits mutely
to the castigation he deserves and most
inevitably gets. The poor wretches,
possessed, it may be, Of more Intellect
than brutes, but undoubtedly Of less
instinct and sagacity, ply their monoto-
nous occupation like pieces Of ill fitting
machinery. They are certain to fall
asleep unless retained at high pressure
by the constant application of a horse
whip.
The second plague In life in India,
fully as monstrous as the first, is
servants. Take q professional man
whose income Is sou rupees, or $3.50 q
month. He does not desire, in all
probability, to domesticate himself in
the cheerless circle of a boarding house
community, where his absolute cost to
the amiable landlady will be about 20
rupees per month, on which he is called
every four weeks to pay 800 per cent.
He therefore takes a house and becomes,
he bllndly imagines, 'his own MASTER"
The house is taken. 1t is situated
in a compound" which means in
America sits own ground" SO spon-
tane0us is vegetation that a s'mallee"
%(gardener) IS Indispensable. Let the
masters tastes be ever so much IL
clined to till his own garden and rear
marvels In botany and horticulture,
the heat forbids him. The pay Of the
malice will vary between s and s rupees
per month t$4). The next necessary
creature ID the mater" or house
sweeper-a man who always seems the
acme of d~evotedness and activity, but
who has really a remarkably easy life of
1t generally. His pay is equal to the
mallee's. The "bhestie,n who may be
met with in the twelve signs Of the
zodiac under the ~nomenclature of
"Aquarius," is the servant to whom
the tractable and sensitive heart most
lnclines to be liberal. He fills his
"muscock" Ia sealskin) many times a
day with pure water and replenishes
the bath. He fills the house buckets
and deluges the carriage when it is
being cleaned. Ourgratltude, extreme
as it is, goes no further than 6 rupees.
Then ONE the table servants and the
cook. Pursuing the list we reach the
''~sirdarbearer." This mar trims the
lamps and pulls the punka, and does
nothing else for the world. His wages
are z rupees.
Another and even more important
man is the bearer. Say, old Indian OF
thirty hot years. standing, how often
have ysu blessed this man above othersp
He is valet, banker and general pro-
tector owe all things you may possess;
he wipes you dry as finder when you
issue from your bath; he puts your
hose on while you sit on a chair In a
reverie; he does the same good turn fer
all the garments you desire to don. He
has your hat and gloves beautifully
prepared for you; he takes charge of
your floating capital in the way Of any
odd rupees which you may happen to
leave In your discarded waistcoat, and
you may safely trust him with q thou
sand. He studies your every move
ment and replaces all mutllated but
tons; In fact, he Is to q great extent a
wife, AID II you give hun a full and
valuable wardrobe to be lord and a
ter over as long a. he may stay In your
service, you will find 1t undiminIshed
and precisely as you gave it.
II a resident here Is a married man
he may, In the nature of things, be
blessed with household gods-each goa
needs an .'ayah." She is, of course,
u female servant, and the most trouble
SOME, except the syces, Of them all.
The wages of III ayah are very change.
able and unfixed, few under 10 rupees
a month are OF much good, though
some are obtainable at half that sum.
Besides the regular ayah to the wife
and each child there must be the ina
tersnni." 1t is her business to do
certain things which, II executed by
the others, would lose them their castles.
To readers versed In the technicali-
ties of natural history the third plague
OF India will be recognizable by the
name of "culex, " but it is better known
by the name Of mosquito. The cur
tains round our beds at night are not
only valuable safeguards against mos.
quitoes, but against a hundred other
insects; some Of them very repulsive in
appearance, Grasshoppers, flying bee
ties, 1re lies and others yet more hor-
rible would invade our sanctuary, but
can only gaze at us through the deli
cate squares Of our gauze prison. They
hum and buzz untiringly, like the sing
ing fish of Ceylon, occasionally rising
louder in their melody than the human
voice. Occasionally you find q cobra
in your bathroom. He is In size like a
large eel, and Its bite is often fatal.
If you find n always search for an
other.